[lug] Live boot network problem

[Glenn Murray]

Thanks, John.  It turns out that there are ways to do this system-wide,
too, which might work.
http://www.kubuntu.org/docs/kquickguide/C/ch03s07.html#connections-proxy

Regards,
Glenn



On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 8:25 AM, John Hernandez <jph at jph.net> wrote:

> Glenn, if you don't have Internet connectivity at the system level, it
> looks like apt can be configured to use a proxy as well.
>
> Create /etc/apt/88proxy containing the following:
>
> Acquire::http::proxy "http://<username>:<password>@<proxy>:<port>/";
> Acquire::ftp::proxy "ftp://<username>:<password>@<proxy>:<port>/";
> Acquire::https::proxy "https://<username>:<password>@<proxy>:<port>/";
>
> The <details> can be taken from the wpad.dat file.
>
>
> On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 12:57 PM, Glenn Murray <glenn.murray at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > In Win7, under Internet Options > Internet Properties > Connections >
> Local
> > Area Network there is a check box saying to use the automatic
> configuration
> > script "http://wpad/wpad.dat".  With the help of an off-line BLUGger I
> was
> > able to set that in Firefox, and I can now browse (Tools -> Options ->
> > Advanced -> Network ->
> > Connection and Settings window with an automatic proxy configuration
> field).
> >
> > It seems that my problem is figuring out how to get through the Oracle
> proxy
> > on a system level, now, so "sudo apt-get update" and such will work.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Glenn
> >
> >
> > On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 6:12 PM, Glenn Murray <glenn.murray at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Thanks for all the responses (after I went to bed).  Here is some
> >> background.  The new T440p comes with a new job, at Oracle, so I'm
> >> connecting to the company network.  All of the configuration is
> >> default---I've made no changes.   I've leaned that the corporate
> >> firewall/proxy/whatever blocks external ping, so my attempt to ping
> Google
> >> was pointless.  However, I can't open Google in a browser.
> >>
> >> Thanks for your help.
> >> Glenn
> >>
> >> Here are the local pings asked about above.
> >>
> >> kubuntu at kubuntu:~$ ping 10.135.122.1
> >> PING 10.135.122.1 (10.135.122.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
> >> 64 bytes from 10.135.122.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=0.490 ms
> >>
> >> kubuntu at kubuntu:~$ ping 10.135.123.1
> >> PING 10.135.123.1 (10.135.123.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
> >> From 10.135.123.128 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
> >>
> >> I can ping my neighboring co-worker at 10.135.123.204 on
> >> both Linux and Win7, so the problem is getting out of the
> >> local network.
> >>
> >> It connects under Win7:
> >>
> >> C:\Users\gamurray>ipconfig
> >> Windows IP Configuration
> >> Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:
> >>    Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
> >>    Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
> >> Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:
> >>    Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
> >>    Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : us.oracle.com
> >> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
> >>    Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : us.oracle.com
> >>    IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.135.123.234
> >>    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.254.0
> >>    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.135.122.1
> >>
> >> Pinging neighbor on Win7:
> >>
> >> C:\Users\gamurray>ping 10.135.123.204
> >> Pinging 10.135.123.204 with 32 bytes of data:
> >> Reply from 10.135.123.204: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 12:31 AM, David L. Anselmi <anselmi at anselmi.us>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Glenn Murray wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> This looks like to me that DNS worked:
> >>>>
> >>>> kubuntu at kubuntu:~$ ping www.google.com
> >>>> PING www.google.com (173.194.46.18) 56(84) bytes of data.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> From 10.135.122.1 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
> >>>>> From 10.135.122.1 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Since 122.1 is the gateway, it would appear that it can't reach google.
> >>> So the problem may be at your router.
> >>>
> >>> Can you ping 122.1?  If so kubuntu is probably fine.
> >>>
> >>> But the /23 on kubuntu might not match the router (if it's a /24 for
> >>> example).  That will make your head hurt worse than using a /23 in the
> first
> >>> place.
> >>>
> >>> How did eth0 get configured?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Dave
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